Still, the Sabios - Eric, Amanda and their 1-year-old son, Parker - grew attached to their little drifter. When they went on vacation, they even had a friend stay at their house just to feed the stray.

While Dexter hasn't been seen since, the family still keeps a light on for him. But that ghostly drifter, in the most unlikely and roundabout of ways, brought another kind of light into the Sabios' home.